Rory McIlroy pictured wearing wedding ring at the Masters after mending marriage with Erica Stoll following his divorce U-turn
Rory McIlroy was pictured at Augusta National on Wednesday ahead of the Masters all smiles and wearing his wedding ring after mending his marriage with Erica Stoll.
The Northern Irishman stunned the world when he filed for divorce from his wife of seven years last May – just days before the beginning of the PGA Championship .
The four-time major winner left golfing fans further shocked when he performed a U-turn just a month later, calling off his divorce from Stoll ahead of last year’s US Open.
McIlroy’s attorney Thomas Sasser had filed a Notice of Voluntary Dismissal on his behalf on June 11 in Palm Beach County Courthouse after he and Erica reportedly held secret meetings at their $22m (£17.2m) Florida home for a month in a bid to salvage their marriage.
The meetings were initially focused on how they would co-parent their daughter Poppy, but the conversations eventually led to them reuniting, according to Irish outlet RSVP Live.
In recent months Stoll has been a visible supporter of her husband, appearing at TPC Sawgrass last month when the world No 2 clinched his second Players Championship. And on the evidence of McIlroy at Augusta this week, the pair have fully mended their bridges.
Rory McIlroy was pictured wearing his wedding ring after mending his marriage with Erica Stoll
The Northern Irishman stunned the world when he filed for divorce from his wife of seven years last May
Since his sensational U-turn, Stoll has been a visible supporter of her husband and was at Sawgrass to celebrate his win at the Players Championship last month
The 37-year-old Stoll, has been married to the PGA Tour star since 2017. The pair share a four-year-old daughter, Poppy.
Last November, after his victory at the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, a win that saw him clinch a sixth order of merit – matching the great Seve Ballesteros’s haul – McIlroy admitted that he had been through ‘a lot this year, professionally and personally’.
‘To have Erica and Poppy here, it means a lot,’ he said. ‘It’s the first one they’ve been at in a while and for Poppy to be old enough now to sort of understand what is going on. I had to ask her if I did win, would she come out onto the 18th green with me?
‘Their support means the world to me and to be able to show Poppy what happened and some of the reasons maybe why I’m not around all of the time because I’m working or practicing.
‘Hopefully she realizes or thinks it’s worthwhile that I’m not there every night for dinner or for bedtime or whatever it is.
‘It’s incredible that they were here with me this week and I’m excited to go and celebrate with them.’
On Thursday, the 35-year-old will begin his latest quest to win the Masters, having fallen short on his previous 16 attempts at the tournament. His best finish came in 2022 when he finished in second place, three shots behind the winner Scottie Scheffler.
The pair are seen as the leading contenders to don the green jacket at the end of the week.
